Those itty-bitty baby months!!!

I wish I may, I wish I might....have them infants again, just for one night!!

We took Logan and Ellie to the beach when they were two months old, so we could show them that they really DID live in California.

So so so so so so so so SWEET!!!!! Need I say more??? How I LOVED the adorable moments from their first year of life. To this day I actually LIKE the smell of baby barf, because it was all I ever smelled for a year!! We changed formulas, bottles, etc. They ended up on soy. Nothing seemed to help. BOTH of them projectile vomited for almost a year. We owned dozens and dozens of bibs. I got to where I knew when it was coming and I'd "catch" it, and then just change the bib. I didn't mind it a bit. Was just normal for us. And they didn't seem to mind. They were happy little things almost all of the time. And they took three beautiful naps a day their entire first year of life!!!

Such a fast-paced time of life for these little ones. They do so much in such a short amount of time. A few of the big changes that were emotional for me (what isn't emotional when it comes to my babies growing up??????)...were.... moving from infant bouncers to highchairs to eat, moving from the rear-facing infant car seats to the front facing baby seats, and them holding their own bottles. The brand new highchairs looked gigantic with the fancy trays and attached toys. They might as well have been three years old, not seven months!!! That's about how fast I felt it was going!! Logan was a bit on the large side (100%ile since age 4 months), so we needed to get him out of the infant car seat a bit early. No more easy (but heavy) way to transport the babies to and from the car. Now that was quite a scene. It's winter, we live in an apartment with a detached garage, so there is no way I am leaving one of them in the car without me. So I have a backpack diaper bag on and two snowsuit bundles in tow every time I went anywhere. Then, unlock the car (no automatic locks), open the door, and lower one of them into their car seat. Then you gotta go around and put the other one in before you have two hands to buckle the first. By the time I was buckled myself--I needed a nap!!! Our current van with automatic doors would have been LOVELY back then!!!

Have you EVER in this lifetime seen ANYTHING so darling???

During much of this first year, it was so fun when the babies woke up from naps or in the morning. They never really cried. Ellie would squeal and talk, and get stuck under her blankets. When we would go to get her she was SO excited that not a part of her entire body could hold still. Logan would talk quietly to himself or just look around when he woke up. I liked to sneak up and watch him before he knew I was there. As soon as he would see us, his huge, melt-your-heart smile was non-stop.

My heart did melt that first year--- and it's been a pool of sentimental emotions ever since!!!